The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 3 LEICESTER CITY - Sat Mar 22, 1986 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 22, 1986 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-3 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: WorldFootball.net (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Sunday Tribune - Sunday 23 March 1986

Season:: 1985-86
Referee:: D Scott
Sponsor:: Skol
Attendance:: 14,484
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 17 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Ottery St Mary (Friendly)
League:: Coventry City
Leicester City:: Oct 11, 1986

GAME COUNT:
League:: 3324 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 1737 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 3770 (of 5724)
Total:: 5228 (of 7505)
Played:: 38 years, 1 month, 4 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Brian Clough
Prior form: WWWLLD (Old to recent)

Goals
Ian Bowyer (7')
Franz Carr (36')
Nigel Clough (65')
Nigel Clough (89')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Gordon Milne
Prior form: DDWWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Alan Smith (5')
Tony Sealy (47')
Alan Smith (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Steve Sutton
2	D	19	Gary Fleming
3	D	18	Brett Williams
4	D	20	Des Walker
5	D	28	Johnny Metgod
6	M	34	Ian Bowyer (7')
7	F	19	Franz Carr (36')
8	F	20	David Campbell
9	F	20	Nigel Clough (65') (89')
10	F	29	Garry Birtles
11	F	22	Brian Rice
Subs
12			?

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ian Andrews
2	D	Andrew Feeley
3	D	Ally Mauchlen
4	D	Russell Osman
5	D	Simon Morgan
6	M	John O'Neill
7	M	Gary McAllister
8	M	Tony Sealy
9	M	Stephen Lynex
10	F	Laurie Cunningham
11	F	Alan Smith
Subs
12		Ian Wilson

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Mar 22, 1986)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	3-0	Coventry City
Aston Villa	0-3	Birmingham City
Ipswich Town	1-0	West Bromwich Albion
Liverpool	6-0	Oxford United
Luton Town	2-1	Everton
Manchester United	2-2	Manchester City
Newcastle United	2-2	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	4-3	Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	Watford
Southampton	0-1	Chelsea
West Ham United	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Everton	32	20	6	6	72	36	12	3	2	43	16	8	3	4	29	20	36	66	WWWWWD	Safe
	2	Liverpool	33	18	9	6	65	36	12	4	1	40	14	6	5	5	25	22	29	63	LDLWWW	Safe
	3	Manchester United	32	19	5	8	54	25	11	3	2	28	6	8	2	6	26	19	29	62	LDWLLW	Safe
	4	Chelsea	30	17	8	5	48	31	12	2	2	29	15	5	6	3	19	16	17	59	WDLWDD
	5	Arsenal	30	16	7	7	39	32	11	3	1	21	9	5	4	6	18	23	7	55	DWLWWW
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	32	16	7	9	51	46	10	4	2	31	23	6	3	7	20	23	5	55	LLLWWW
	7	West Ham United	28	15	6	7	43	27	9	2	1	28	10	6	4	6	15	17	16	51	LWLWLL
	8	Luton Town	33	14	9	10	49	37	9	5	2	28	10	5	4	8	21	27	12	51	LWDWLL
	9	Newcastle United	31	14	9	8	47	45	9	3	3	29	20	5	6	5	18	25	2	51	LWWWWW
	10	Nottingham Forest	31	14	5	12	53	44	8	3	5	29	21	6	2	7	24	23	9	47	WWWLLD
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	5	14	49	39	8	1	7	35	20	5	4	7	14	19	10	44	LLWLWW
	12	Watford	28	12	6	10	47	43	9	2	2	30	14	3	4	8	17	29	4	42	WDLWWW
	13	Manchester City	33	11	8	14	36	43	7	5	5	21	20	4	3	9	15	23	-7	41	WWLLLL
	14	Southampton	32	11	7	14	41	43	10	4	3	29	13	1	3	11	12	30	-2	40	DLLWWL
	15	Queens Park Rangers	34	11	5	18	34	52	9	3	5	22	14	2	2	13	12	38	-18	38	DLLLWD
	16	Coventry City	34	9	9	16	44	57	4	4	9	27	31	5	5	7	17	26	-13	36	WDWLLD
	17	Leicester City	32	8	10	14	45	57	6	7	3	31	25	2	3	11	14	32	-12	34	DDWWDL
	18	Oxford United	32	8	8	16	48	60	5	4	6	24	20	3	4	10	24	40	-12	32	LLWWWL
	19	Aston Villa	32	6	11	15	35	51	3	6	7	18	23	3	5	8	17	28	-16	29	LDLLDW
	20	Ipswich Town	31	8	5	18	25	45	5	4	7	15	20	3	1	11	10	25	-20	29	WLWWLL
	21	Birmingham City	33	7	4	22	25	53	5	1	11	12	19	2	3	11	13	34	-28	25	LDWLLL
	22	West Bromwich Albion	33	3	9	21	27	75	2	6	8	15	29	1	3	13	12	46	-48	18	LWLLDD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Everton	33	20	6	7	73	38	12	3	2	43	16	8	3	5	30	22	35	66	WWWWDL	Safe	1-2
	2	Liverpool	34	19	9	6	71	36	13	4	1	46	14	6	5	5	25	22	35	66	DLWWWW	Safe	6-0
	3	Manchester United	33	19	6	8	56	27	11	4	2	30	8	8	2	6	26	19	29	63	DWLLWD	Safe	2-2
	4	Chelsea	31	18	8	5	49	31	12	2	2	29	15	6	6	3	20	16	18	62	DLWDDW	Safe	1-0
	5	Arsenal	31	17	7	7	42	32	12	3	1	24	9	5	4	6	18	23	10	58	WLWWWW	Safe	3-0
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	33	16	7	10	51	47	10	4	2	31	23	6	3	8	20	24	4	55	LLWWWL		0-1
	7	West Ham United	29	16	6	7	44	27	10	2	1	29	10	6	4	6	15	17	17	54	WLWLLW		1-0
	8	Luton Town	34	15	9	10	51	38	10	5	2	30	11	5	4	8	21	27	13	54	WDWLLW		2-1
	9	Newcastle United	32	14	10	8	49	47	9	4	3	31	22	5	6	5	18	25	2	52	WWWWWD		2-2
	10	Nottingham Forest	32	15	5	12	57	47	9	3	5	33	24	6	2	7	24	23	10	50	WWLLDW		4-3
	11	Tottenham Hotspur	33	13	6	14	51	41	8	1	7	35	20	5	5	7	16	21	10	45	LWLWWD		2-2
	12	Watford	29	12	6	11	48	45	9	2	2	30	14	3	4	9	18	31	3	42	DLWWWL		1-2
	13	Manchester City	34	11	9	14	38	45	7	5	5	21	20	4	4	9	17	25	-7	42	WLLLLD		2-2
1	14	Queens Park Rangers	35	12	5	18	36	53	10	3	5	24	15	2	2	13	12	38	-17	41	LLLWDW		2-1
1	15	Southampton	33	11	7	15	41	44	10	4	4	29	14	1	3	11	12	30	-3	40	LLWWLL		0-1
	16	Coventry City	35	9	9	17	44	60	4	4	9	27	31	5	5	8	17	29	-16	36	DWLLDL		0-3
	17	Leicester City	33	8	10	15	48	61	6	7	3	31	25	2	3	12	17	36	-13	34	DWWDLL		3-4
	18	Oxford United	33	8	8	17	48	66	5	4	6	24	20	3	4	11	24	46	-18	32	LWWWLL		0-6
1	19	Ipswich Town	32	9	5	18	26	45	6	4	7	16	20	3	1	11	10	25	-19	32	LWWLLW		1-0
1	20	Aston Villa	33	6	11	16	35	54	3	6	8	18	26	3	5	8	17	28	-19	29	DLLDWL		0-3
	21	Birmingham City	34	8	4	22	28	53	5	1	11	12	19	3	3	11	16	34	-25	28	DWLLLW		3-0
	22	West Bromwich Albion	34	3	9	22	27	76	2	6	8	15	29	1	3	14	12	47	-49	18	WLLDDL		0-1